By Vincent Boland in Ankara
Published by Financial Times at FT.com on January 6 2006 10:53am | Last updated: January 6 2006 18:39

A third child from the same family in Turkey died on Friday of bird flu after tests confirmed that two of the victims had been infected with the H5N1 strain of the virus.

Eleven-year-old Hulya Kocyigit died a day after her 15-year-old sister, Fatma. Their 14-year-old brother Mehmet Ali, died on Sunday. Ali Hasan, their six-year-old brother, appears to be recovering. The children had all eaten infected chicken that had lived partly in their home.

By late Friday, hospitals in the east of the country near the Iranian and Armenian borders had reported that at least 34 people had been admitted with bird flu-like symptoms.

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